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1731: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet translates Gnomon algorithm textbook from English into French.
1889: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.
1953: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov witnesses spontaneous cryptographic numen, develops new theory of quantum electronics.
1969: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is revealed as cryptographic numen.
2003: HAL 9000 blames "inherent unreliability of cryptographic numen" for death of crew and passengers.
2015: Cryptographic numen modeled in nanowire, reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

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-File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|525 BC: [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain [[Gnotilus]].
+File:|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1477: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
 File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1731: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] translates [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbook from English into French.
 File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|1889: Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.